A report of deer poaching in Laketown Township eventually led to the tasing and arrest of suspect not involved in the original poaching complaint.

An Allegan County Sheriff’s Office deputy stopped a vehicle at 8:54 p.m. Thursday in the Island Lake Road area near Goshorn Lake after reports of a suspicious vehicle with possible deer poachers inside. The driver was the only person visible at first, but the deputy found three other suspects hiding in the bed of the truck with a shotgun and a dead deer.

The suspects were cited for conservation law violations, according to the sheriff’s office.

An officer from the Department of Natural Resources and the Saugatuck Douglas Police Department assisted at the scene.

While the deputy was investigating the stopped truck, another vehicle arrived at the scene. The driver was trying to communicate with the poaching suspects. He was not wearing his seatbelt and refused to provide his driver’s license when the deputy requested it. The officer tried to arrest the man who then tried to flee the scene in his vehicle. After a short struggle, the suspect was tased. He was found to be intoxicated, had open intoxicants in the vehicle and a handgun. He was taken to the Allegan County Jail and faces several felony charges.